Re: [directory-discuss] Antifeatures - Blacklist

[Ian Kelling]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016, at 02:28 PM, David Hedlund wrote:
> On 2016-12-16 23:24, Ian Kelling wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016, at 02:18 PM, David Hedlund wrote:
> >> On 2016-12-16 23:14, Ian Kelling wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016, at 03:31 AM, David Hedlund wrote:
> >>>> I just added a new section:
> >>>> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Antifeatures#Blacklist
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I added "Web of Trust - WOT" to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there anything else that we should add there?
> >>>>
> >>>    
> >>>
> >>> Per our guidelines, software with malware is not included in the
> >>> directory and should be treated the same way as other software which is
> >>> rejected for inclusion. Thus, it should not have a place in the
> >>> anti-features page. For the same reason, blacklist should not be an
> >>> anti-feature. I'm removing it.
> >>>
> >> I think it would be useful to blacklist well known proprietary software
> >> in case anyone try to add entries for them.
> > What do we do now? Afaik, if someone tries to add a hopelessly bad
> > package,, we delete the page, but the page still exists showing the
> > reason it was deleted. I think that works good to let people know. It
> > also makes the anti-features page simpler and clearer for people to
> > understand if it's for pages which still meet our guidelines, and can
> > still be useful, but want to warn people about.
> The problem with excluding a blacklist is that it won't be possible to 
> re-use the list that otherwise could be shared to the developers of free 
> GNU/Linux distros, the help them keep their distros free.

It still does not belong in the anti-features list, and I don't see that
as high enough priority to find a replacement before removing it.